男色

Chinese

male
 
colour; dice; look
colour; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad.
(男色)

Pronunciation


Noun

男色

  1. (literary) men being favoured by their superior for their appearance
  2. (literary) male prostitute
  3. (literary) male homosexuality; male homosexual sex

References

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
だん
Grade: 1
しょく
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Middle Chinese 男色

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んしょく [dàńshókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [dã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

(だん)(しょく) • (danshoku) 

  1. male homosexuality
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
なん
Grade: 1
しょく
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Middle Chinese 男色

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んしょく [nàńshókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [nã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

(なん)(しょく) • (nanshoku) 

  1. male homosexuality

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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